Egypt's Muhammed Morsi asked to get a new hobby

It's less than 24 hours since the Egyptian President Muhammad Morsi was ousted by the army after the lapse of a 48 hour ultimatum to meet protesters' demands. This does not sound as good news but as an African, these ousters do not surprise me much. In Africa, a sitting president can even be ousted while he's in the showers. One can be hoodwinked into thinking that Africans have that innate desire to do things by force. Well, there could be some truth to it, do not quash that school of thinking.
When you take a closer look around Africa, most times people have to stage a protest as a way of demanding that social services be extended to them by the state. This business of sitting on a round table rarely bares fruit. I have a strong feeling that in the near future, we shall arrive at a point where the citizens will select a representative to tussle it out at arm wrestling with a government official. If they lose, that means no services will be provided, but when they win, they get what they want. To me, arriving at that point will be the peak of civilization for us.
Now back to the Pharaohs, why would a democratically elected president be ousted just one year into his term of office? For starters, Egypt's Tahrir Square will be a great source of tourist attraction in the future, should the country stabilize. This same square caused the downfall of Muhammad Hosni El Sayed Mubarak. With just one year in office, Morsi was already being accused of not fulfilling what he promised when seeking to be elected and concentrating power in Islamist hands, the Moslem brotherhood to be exact.
What's left of Egypt after the ouster? Another gamble in a  new president? Will he deliver his promises? Will he not get sucked into power struggles with the army? There are certainly too many questions to ask. Even for the ordinary people in Egypt celebrating the ouster, I bet when they finally go to their bedrooms, and all noise is gone, they'll continue to think hard and ask themselves hard questions.
How are other Africans thinking about this? For some, I think they could be secretly wishing and day dreaming this happens in their countries while for some, it's just another one of those many coups. For an African man who is above 50 years, I doubt if they'll still be surprised when they hear the word "coup" and "Africa" in the same sentence.
Then comes the African Union, what's their reaction? As expected, The African Union said it's likely to suspend Egypt from all its activities. Well spoken AU, but who makes the AU if not the same folks who change constitutions just to over stay in power? Not all the members are that bad, of course there are a few good ones, trying to set the pace for the rest.
Amidst all this, we all hope for a better African continent, totally democratic and people centered.

Third world countries in drunken state but still ordering more drinks

Every time I hear people bring up topics about third world countries, I can't help but sharpen my ears to hear their angle of argument. Why would I be more interested in the angle of argument than the real issues they're raising? With the angle of argument, it helps you establish whether you'll sit down and listen further or just say to yourself,  "Here we go again", as you walk away. There's an angle of thinking that falls under what I usually call the drunken state of argument. In a drunken state of argument, a person is usually speaking with a lot of authority but with no facts. In this state, they'll either be leaning with the state or actually opposing it, but still with no facts or useless facts.
Away from the drunken state of arguments, let's focus on the drunken state of affairs in third world countries. Third world countries in a drunken state of affairs are largely under developed, with poor decision making and wrong priorities altogether. A common thing in these countries is a broken health care system and poor infrastructure. The reason why I say they're in a drunken state but still ordering for more drinks is that with such poor service delivery, they're also largely extravagant in their expenditure. One such example is where politicians in such poor countries get more pay than Technical personnel, whose creativity and talent is more essential to national development. A closer look at their budgets reveals that while some are dependent on Agriculture, their Agricultural budgets are too low. Prof. George Ayittey, a Ghanaian Economist calls these countries "Coconut and Banana Republics". The citizens of such countries continue to lack basic social services while their leaders live large(call for more shots at the counter). The ordinary people reach a point where they lose total trust in their leaders but find themselves in quagmire because their leaders certainly seem more powerful than the state. As I wind down on this post, my mind feels drowsy already. Get off this drunken post already.

Edward Snowden, the yet-to-be untouchable fox

In the recent past, the whole of international Media has been flooded with news about Edward Snowden. For what reason exactly? For foxing the NSA (National Security Agency) by revealing supposedly secret documents to the general public. So what happens when you're in trouble in the United States? Hide in Russia, perhaps as a better option, given the not-so-good blood between the two governments. This is exactly what he does, but how do Russian authorities react to speculations that he is in Russia? "Thank God, Mr. Snowden has not committed any crimes on the Russian Federation territory and is in a diplomatically neutral transit zone in Russia", says Vladmir Putin, the Russian President. Technically implying, this man is safe in here, don't even dare come looking for him. We must not for get where Syria has placed Diplomatic Relations between Russia and the United States.The NSA continues to say the man has too much stolen info to be at large, they want him traced. If you were Russia and a man walks in with information that you think is also good for you, what do you do? I guess the best you can do is be good to him, give him comfort, tell him, "just feel at home, make yourself coffee anytime you wish". With the United States on his case, do we expect him to continue living large? Well, our eyes are still glued on the screen.